The Trump administration says a recent Supreme Court decision that allows it to keep $65 million in education grants on ice should apply to other legal fights over federal funding at the Federal Emergency Management Agency and EPA.
Justice Department attorneys over the weekend asked judges in two other cases to take into account the high court’s 5-4 emergency docket ruling Friday that granted the administration’s request to freeze education dollars while litigation proceeds.
One federal judge agreed to temporarily halt an order requiring the disbursement of grants to FEMA, while he weighs the implications of Department of Education v. California to his case.
The Supreme Court lifted an order a federal judge in Boston issued last month blocking the administration from terminating the grants for teacher-training programs in eight Democratic-led states that sued to restore the grants.
